Legal Opinion · Dissent
Ledet v. United Aircraft Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1961PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Dissent
Chief Judge Desmond (dissenting).
The causes of action here involved (first, third, fifth and seventh) should all be dismissed since, as the complaint alleges and plaintiff asserts and concedes, each is “brought pursuant to Title 46 U. S. C. §§ 761 et seq.”
*262The statute so cited is the Federal ‘ ‘ Death on the High Seas Act ” enacted in 1920. It provides (§ 1; U. S. Code, tit. 46, § 761) as to deaths caused by wrongful acts on the high seas “ a suit for damages in the district courts of the United States, in admiralty”. Before its enactment neither the maritime law nor the common law furnished…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- The HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- National Airlines, Inc. v. Beryl Whiteman Stiles, Beryl Whiteman Stiles v. National Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Wilson v. Transocean AirlinesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1954
- Ruth M. Noel and Wm. H. Frantz, Executors of the Estate of Marshal L. Noel, Deceased v. Linea Aeropostal VenezolanaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. TallentireSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Devlin v. Flying Tiger Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Lowe v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1975
- Vda. de Fornaris v. American Surety Co.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1966
- Safir v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1965
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